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Question 4 of 31 for our Emory Healthcare Mock Interview

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Question 4 of 31

Here at Emory Healthcare, we emphasize that our employees use resources wisely to help save costs. What are ways that you have shown you can use resources wisely in your work?

"As a nursing director overseeing several units in our hospital, there are several things that I strive for to utilize resources wisely. The first measure is staffing on our units to ensure that we find that right balance of being understaffed vs. overstaffed. Being overstaffed and working overtime hours significantly impacts our labor budget and those extra costs could be pushed on to patients in the future. Our leadership team has implemented many great labor planning policies to ensure that we are running as efficiently as possible. On the side of resources as they relate to supplies on the unit, I helped develop a just in time inventory system for our supplies on our unit that help ensure we don't have items that are expiring or overstocked for long periods of time. These measures have helped control costs on my units very well."

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How to Answer: Here at Emory Healthcare, we emphasize that our employees use resources wisely to help save costs. What are ways that you have shown you can use resources wisely in your work?

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  • 4. Here at Emory Healthcare, we emphasize that our employees use resources wisely to help save costs. What are ways that you have shown you can use resources wisely in your work?

      How to Answer

      Under their value of integrity, Emory Healthcare pledges that they will steward their resources wisely to help fulfill their mission. For this question, your interviewer will be looking to hear that your personal values on being a great steward of resources aligns with Emory's values so be sure to talk about this subject from a personal point of view. Your examples should include measures that you take daily in your work to ensure that you keep cost and resources at the top of your mind in your work.

      Written by Ryan Brunner on December 13th, 2018

      1st Answer Example

      "As a nursing director overseeing several units in our hospital, there are several things that I strive for to utilize resources wisely. The first measure is staffing on our units to ensure that we find that right balance of being understaffed vs. overstaffed. Being overstaffed and working overtime hours significantly impacts our labor budget and those extra costs could be pushed on to patients in the future. Our leadership team has implemented many great labor planning policies to ensure that we are running as efficiently as possible. On the side of resources as they relate to supplies on the unit, I helped develop a just in time inventory system for our supplies on our unit that help ensure we don't have items that are expiring or overstocked for long periods of time. These measures have helped control costs on my units very well."

      Written by Ryan Brunner on December 13th, 2018

      2nd Answer Example

      "My work as an IT professional, while mostly in the private business sector, would translate well to the healthcare industry in how I work with resources in a smart and efficient manner. While most folks that I work with often want the newest and best equipment available, I analyze their job and the work that they perform to best suit their work unit with the job that they will be doing. I never hesitate to reuse or rebuild units in a cost efficient manner that will put an employee in the best position to do their job. Are you able to explain how measure like this function in the department here at Emory Healthcare?"

      Written by Ryan Brunner

      Anonymous Interview Answers with Professional Feedback

      Anonymous Answer

      "We use a lot of paper because of the number of programs and students that the school has, and the owner shared with us that she was paying 20 cents per copy. I suggested we continue to use the online format to administer tests in class once back on campus and to continue to use the LMS to distribute handouts to the students, which would save literally thousands of printed pages (and money) every week."

      Rachelle's Feedback

      What a great suggestion! I am sure that the owner greatly appreciated your initiative and the fact that you cared about financial savings.
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